Noose

Since 2013, this annual festival has presented selected performances from the diverse yet often still undiscovered international independent performing arts community of Berlin with a working language of English. Over four evenings featuring one evening-length performance or two shorter performances, the festival presents a cross section of this community across all performing arts genres and beyond all language barriers. Within ExpLoRE, the newcomer’s platform, the Sunday afternoon is open to smaller formats or work still under development — these will be performed on two separate stages.

The 2020 schedule of programming will be curated by festival founder Daniel Brunet, Producing Artistic Director of English Theatre Berlin | International Performing Arts Center, as well as choreographer Olivia Hyunsin Kim and theater director Shlomo Lieberman, from the applications received based on the criteria of artistic excellence, internationalism and creative diversity. The festival accepts proposals both for world premieres as well as restaging of existing productions and provides financial and dramaturgical support.

Any team with at least one Berlin-based artist is welcome to apply. Please provide video documentation of any existing production. In terms of language, multilingual work as well as work without language is welcome. The only stipulation regarding language is that an English-language audience should be able to understand the piece without being completely lost.